Skepticism

Typing it is like playing ping pong on your keyboard

"Hey did you know that typing skepticism is like playing pong with your keyboard?"

"Ok, but why did I need to know this?"

"It's cool! Right? R-r-right?..."

by Bruhtard December 11, 2020

skepticism

how I feel when guys say they "just wanna be friends with Ashely"

Todd: yeah dude, that chick is cool, but we're not banging or anything
Me: *gives him the look (>.>) of skepticism*

by le-yane-bomb September 11, 2015

Anti-skepticism

Anti-skepticism, also Antiskepticism is a philosophical view and stance that rejects skepticism, advocating skepticism as a form of reductionism and limitation on reality, in most cases focusing only on the material and physical, anti-skepticism seeks to be as broad epistemologically as possible and make room for possibilities and ideas that go beyond the limitations of skepticism, usually defending concepts such as metaphysics, extraphysics, postmodernism, subjectivism, extraphysicalism, extramaterialism, extranaturalism, epistemological pluralism and epistemological anarchism, but there may be anti-skeptical currents that do not precisely follow all these concepts and yes just some of them.

"Anti-Skepticism is a philosophical stance that supports the rejection of what the skeptical community actually do about the limitation of evidences and make room for epistemological pluralism for study spiritual, religious, esoteric and extraphysical things."

by Full Monteirism June 29, 2021

Healthy Skepticism

The proper way to treat people.

Hym "And further more....

Iam "Alright, alright. Calm down."

Hym "I DON'T ANSWER TO YOU!!"

Iam "....... Ok. Alright. Maybe we just maintain a certain level of healthy skepticism."

Hym *breathing heavily*

Iam "......... I'm just saying that maybe it's too soon to start panicking....."

Hym "........ We will regret this....."

Iam "I'm sure I will....."

by Hym Iam April 8, 2022

Selective Skepticism

That's how you reconcile it.

Hym "Selective skepticism regarding unfalsifiable claims. That's how you reconcile it. I answered my own question."

by Hym Iam February 24, 2024

Hard Problem of Skepticism

The self-devouring realization that consistent, radical skepticism leads to the paralysis of not being able to trust any knowledge, including the knowledge that skepticism is a valid approach. If you doubt everything, on what grounds do you justify the act of doubting? The hard problem is that skepticism is a powerful tool for clearing intellectual weeds, but it eventually turns on the garden it's supposed to protect, leaving no ground to stand on.

Example: "She was such a pure skeptic she doubted her own senses, memories, and the laws of physics. The hard problem of skepticism hit when she tried to explain her philosophy: to communicate, she had to assume language, logic, and my ability to understand—all things her skepticism supposedly rejected. She just sighed deeply."

by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Philosophy of Skepticism

A branch of philosophy that examines the nature, scope, and justification of skeptical arguments throughout history—from Pyrrho and Sextus Empiricus to Descartes, Hume, and contemporary epistemology. It analyzes different forms of skepticism (global, local, methodological), the paradoxes of skeptical self‑refutation, and the responses to skepticism such as foundationalism, coherentism, and common‑sense philosophy. The philosophy of skepticism is not itself skeptical; it is the disciplined study of skepticism as a philosophical tradition and problem.

Example: “His work in the philosophy of skepticism traced how ancient Pyrrhonism differed from modern Cartesian doubt—one sought tranquility through suspension of judgment, the other used doubt as a tool for indubitable foundations.”

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 24, 2026